Paper Title:

Hydroxyapatite Morphology Control by Using Hydrothermal Treatment

Periodical Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 330 - 332)
Main Theme Bioceramics 19
Edited by Xingdong Zhang, Xudong Li, Hongsong Fan, Xuanyong Liu
Pages 103-106
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.330-332.103
Citation Giichiro Kawachi et al., 2007, Key Engineering Materials, 330-332, 103
Online since February, 2007
Authors Giichiro Kawachi, Emile Hideki Ishida, Koji Ioku
Keywords Crystal Morphology, Hydrothermal Treatment, Hydroxyapatite (HAP), Tricalcium Phosphate
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Abstract

After hydrothermal treatment of tricalcium phosphate (TCP), calcium deficient hydroxyapatite (HA) with much amount of a-surface (h00) was obtained. It was considered that c-surface of HA had larger surface tension than that of a-surface, therefore HA crystals elongated along c-axis of <001> directions. By using hydrothermal treatment, difference of surface tension was affected crystal growth of HA. The adsorption property of HA will be controlled by designing of HA morphology, because different crystal surfaces have different properties.